Top-spinning pistol.



PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

' s. B. NEWMAN.

TOP SPINNING PISTOL APPLICATION FILED JAN}. 06-

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UNITED i srArEs PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL B. NEWMAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGN OR TO THE IDEAL N OV- ELTY MANUFACTURING (10., OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5. 1907.

Application filed January 8.1906. Serial No. 295,010.

To wi l whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Top-Spinning Pistols; and do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in top-spinning pistols; and the invention consists in a pistol constructed and adapted to operate substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional inside elevation lengthwise of the pistol on the line which separates the two sides or halves thereof and with the operating parts in normal position therein. Fig. 2 is a front or muzzle end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the barrel of the pistol with the top in place thereon and corresponding substantially to w r, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view on line y 3 Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the top with spindle and pinion combined as in use.

The construction of pistol thus shown is designed to be used exclusively for shooting or spinning tops, and while I am aware that a pistol or gun adapted for this use is not now broadly new I am not aware that there has ever beIore been made or known a pistol constructed like the present invention or which has so few operative parts in such simple, inexpensive, and effective arrangement as are found herein and as will now be described in detail. Thus the body of the pistol consists of two longitudinal parts or halves A and B,

which are cast complete in all details of construction, internally and externally, the major half or member A, so called, having the finger guard or guide a, which comes beneath the trigger, cast integral therewith, besides having lugs or projections 2 and 3 inside in its handle portion and rack 1 lengthwise in its muzzle. Said member also has a slotted bridge 5 in its muzzle back of said rack or rack-teeth, and two cross-connecting screws or rivets 6 and 7 alone are found suflieient to firmly unite the parts A and B together and make them practically as one piece.

Thus far I have described but two parts which constitute the body and barrel of the pistol, and besides these there remain only the combined trigger and hammer or trigger member O, the firing dart or plunger D, and the spring E.

In detail, trigger C has a trigger-stem c integral therewith and extending beneath the body through a longitudinal slot and is pivoted on lug 2. The hammer-head c strikes the anvil or shoulder a, and the strong fiat sprin E lies across lug or projection 3, with its in crum end bearing against the wall in handle I) and its free end bearing upward against shoulder or heel 9 behind pivot 3 on the part C.

The dart or plunger D is pivotally connected with trigger member C some distance above pivot 3, so as to give the requisite throw or impulse thereto for spinning the top, and when the trigger is drawn back for firing the subshoulder l0 rests down on spring E and-the trigger is held back thereby till it is drawn. As this occurs the spring E comes into the exercise of its full power and causes the firing of the top.

At its front end the dart or plunger D passes through the slot in bridge or diaphragm 5 and is provided with a divided lead (2, adapted to engage spindle g of the top G between tooth-pinion g and disk 9 It will be noticed in Fig. 3 that rack-teeth 4 come about midway on the side of the barrel and that there is an open slot 8 centrally lengthwise in the muzzle of the barrel about the depth of said rack to introduce the spindle g, Fig. 3, while the disk 9 comes beneath the barrel.

The bifurcated or divided head d of the firing dart or bar D has recesses d in its outer end in which the spindle g is adapted to lie when the top is in firing position, and obviously when firing occurs the top is rotated by engagement of the pinion with rack-teeth 4 and fired out upon the table or floor to spin, as tops usually do.

In operation the trigger is set first, and then the top is put in position and firing occurs.

If desired, a cap may be placed against the anvil and exploded with more or less report simultaneously with the shooting or firing of the top, which adds interest to the play.

It is to be noticed that disk is hexagonal in shape and that its sides are numbered, so that When the top comes to rest it will stop on one or the other of the said numbers. This is of interest, because the said members enter into a game with which the top is adapted to be used as a part of the game and in which numbers or other characters or even different colors can be used in playing the game.

What I claim ise l. A top-spinning pistol having a barrel and a rack at one side in the muzzle thereof and an open slot lengthwise in the bottom of the muzzle, in combination with a dart having a head in said muzzle constructed to engage a top therewith, and a spring-pressed trigger to which said dart is attached at its rear end.

2. A top-spinning pistol formed in two halves longitudinally, in combination with a trigger, a firing-dart pivoted to said trigger at one end and having a divided head supported centrally in the muzzle thereof at its other end, a rack in said muzzle opposite said head and a spring to actuate said trigger and give an actuating movement to the parts.

3. A top-spinning pistol having a barrel with rack-teeth in one side of the muzzle thereof and a lengthwise slot in the bottom of the muzzle at right angles to said rack, a firing-bar supported centrally in said barrel and having a divided head with recesses in its ends, in combination with a top having a spindle engaged. through said slot in said recesses and a pinion on said spindle engaged with said rack, and means to give a firing impulse to said bar.

111 testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two Witnesses.

SAMUEL B. NEWMAN.

Witnesses W. H. HOFFMAN, C. A, SELL. 

